Report: Bush family emails hacked

A computer hacker has broken into the email accounts of some Bush family members, according to the Smoking Gun.

The website reports that “In e-mail exchanges with the person who claimed responsibility for the hack, the individual claimed to have swiped ‘a lot of stuff,’ including ‘interesting mails’ about George H.W. Bush’s recent hospitalization, ‘Bush 43,’ and other Bush family members.” The hacker also claimed to have addresses and contact information for Bush family members, including both former presidents and their children.

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The website reports that there were several hacked email accounts including accounts of former first lady Barbara Bush’s brother and George H.W. Bush’s sister-in-law and include correspondence from 2009 to 2012. Sensitive photos and information were obtained including a four-digit code needed to enter George W. Bush’s security gate.

One email to Bush 41 friend Willard Heminway is from Brit Hume after the 2012 election in which Hume writes, “Election outcome disappointing, but there are many silver linings.”

The emails also show details on how serious George H.W. Bush’s health was in late December.

“[T]he former president’s chief of staff wrote his children to inform them that’“your dad’s funeral team is having an emergency meeting at 10 a.m. just to go through all the details.’ The Bush aide, Jean Becker, noted that this information ‘fell under the broadening category of things NOT TO TELL YOUR MOTHER.’”

The hacker also claimed to have obtained photos of paintings George W. Bush has been working on, “including self-portraits of him showering and in a bathtub.”

According to POLITICO Playbook’s Mike Allen, due to the criminal investigation, the Bush family is not commenting on the report.